Saiichi Maruya (1925.8.27-2012.10.13) "Mystery as Pleasure (Chikuma Bunko)" Chikuma Shobo, 2012.11
Saiichi Maruya (1925.8.27-2012.10.13)
"Mystery as Pleasure (Chikuma Bunko)"
Cover design by Makoto Wada
Masashi Miura "Commentary: How to Love and Literature" p.452-460
Chikuma Shobo, published November 2012, 480 pages
Fukuoka City Public Library collection
Finished reading February 28, 2013
Purchased March 17, 2021, Amazon used 351 yen
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4480429999
64 pieces including round-table discussions, essays, book reviews, and literary criticism, ranging from "What is Entertainment: Graham Greene," published in the March 1953 issue of "Kindai Bungaku" (Modern Literature),
to "The Hero and His Lover: Arimasa Osawa's 'Kizuna Kairo Shinjuku Same X',"
published in the "Mainichi Shimbun" on July 17, 2011.
A truly enjoyable collection of mystery criticism, original to this paperback edition.
Composed of reprints from 22 previously published books and 11 pieces not included in books.
"My Sin," which was serialized in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" from the October 1961 issue to the June 1963 issue, has been revised to historical kana orthography in this book. This was likely the author's intention during his lifetime.
Once you get used to reading Saiichi Maruya, the historical kana orthography doesn't bother you at all.
I. Hayakawa Pocket Mystery is a Culture of Play
Round-table discussion: Saiichi Maruya x Satoshi Mukai x Takeshi Setogawa
"Tokyo-jin" Issue 18, New Year 1989
"Saiichi Maruya and 16 Great Criticisms of Tokyo Journalism," Seidosha, 1989.10
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II. Late Night Walk: My Sin
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On Christmas Stories
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" October 1961 issue
For the Jaded Reader
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" November 1961 issue
On Long, Long Stories
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" January 1962 issue
Sagan's Cousin
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" March 1962 issue
On Adventure Novels
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" April 1962 issue
Letters
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" May 1962 issue
Books to Read in a Double Bed
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" June 1962 issue
On Crime Novels
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" July 1962 issue
The Man Named Philip Marlowe
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" August 1962 issue
Not Being a Beauty
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" October 1962 issue
On Cain, Camus, and Women
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" November 1962 issue
On Men's Reading Material
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" December 1962 issue
In the Margins of a Preface
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" February 1963 issue
On Taboos
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" May 1963 issue
Dislike of New Words
"Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" June 1963 issue
"Definitive Edition: Late Night Walk, The Pleasure of Mystery," Kodansha, published June 1978
First appearance: Modern kana orthography corrected to historical kana orthography for inclusion
[For the authors and works covered in each piece of "My Sin," please see ↓]
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It was Saiichi Maruya, who passed away in October 2012, who taught me, a high school student (1970-73), about the existence of the Los Angeles private detective Philip Marlowe.
"When a woman asks Marlowe, 'How can a man like you be so gentle?', he replies:
'If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive.'"
p.107 'The Man Named Philip Marlowe'
III. Women's Mystery
Drunken America
Craig Rice, 'The Wrong Murder,' translated by Kimiko Koizumi, Hayakawa Mystery Bunko
"CLASSY" October 1996 issue
Going to Europe
Patricia Highsmith, 'The Talented Mr. Ripley,' translated by Suzuo Saso, Kawade Bunko
"CLASSY" November 1996 issue
'Women's Novels,' Kobunsha, published January 1998
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4334971644
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IV. The Pleasure of Mystery: From Holmes to 007, to Marlowe
The Ending is Important
Eric Ambler, 'The Mask of Dimitrios' (Japanese title 'Kage no Gundan'), translated by Oki Ike, 'World Spy Novel Masterpiece Selection 1,' edited by Saiichi Maruya, Kodansha Bunko
"Shosetsu Gendai" February 1976 issue
'Low-Altitude Flight,' Shinchosha, published May 1977
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J8UB3O
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4101169047
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The Strange Relationship Between Kadokawa Films and Chandler
Raymond Chandler, 'Playback,' translated by Shunji Shimizu, Hayakawa Mystery Bunko
"Shukan Asahi" October 20, 1978 issue
'Playtime 2,' Yamato Shobo, published February 1980
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J8A2H4
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4122010403
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150704538
"The story goes back nearly twenty years, but at the time, I was discussing a newly translated detective novel in every issue of a magazine called 'Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine' (abbreviated as EQMM), which was published by Hayakawa Publishing. In one of those articles, I took up Chandler's 'Playback' (translated by Shunji Shimizu) at the recommendation of EQMM editor-in-chief Taro Koizumi, and wrote the following about the private detective Marlowe:
When a woman asks Marlowe, 'How can a man like you be so gentle?', he replies: 'If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive.'
I should clarify for the sake of accuracy that there was no such thing as Chandler criticism in America at the time, so I did not use anything of that sort as a reference. I thought of it all myself. Before I pointed out that this line of Marlowe's was a famous one, it hadn't particularly wowed the audience; in other words, no one had paid any attention to it.
However, thanks to this article of mine, this line of Marlowe's immediately established its fame. First, EQMM editor-in-chief Taro Koizumi was completely taken by this phrase, and as a result (though this part is a bit of a leap), he quit Hayakawa Publishing to become a hard-boiled detective novelist named Jiro Ikushima, and every time he discussed the difficult question of what hard-boiled is, he quoted it over and over again.
Furthermore, the female detective novelist who was his wife at the time, Kimiko Koizumi, also (I don't know if it was husband-led or wife-led) loved this quote and brought up this line of Marlowe's whenever she discussed detective novel theory, men, women, love, or life.
On one hand, a handsome man who is the representative of hard-boiled in our country, and on the other, one of the most beautiful and talented women among female detective novelists. The influence of these two was amazing. Many people were impressed, thinking it was cool, and quoted it.The handsome man who represents hard-boiled in our country, and one of the most beautiful and talented women among female detective novelists. The influence of these two was amazing. Many people were impressed, thinking it was cool, and quoted it.
"If I wasn't hard, I wouldn't be alive. If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive."
If you translate it in the Kadokawa film style as 'If you aren't gentle,' the most important thing—the change from 'hard' to 'gentle' depending on the situation—is lost.
Here, it is correct to translate it in the style of Shunji Shimizu: 'If I couldn't ever be gentle, I wouldn't deserve to be alive.'
p.185 'The Strange Relationship Between Kadokawa Films and Chandler'
Why do we read detective novels?
Saiichi Maruya (ed.), 'Detectives, Spies,' Shueisha, published October 1981, Preface
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J7UFS6
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4167138085
Novel Writing Techniques
Ian Fleming, "Thriller Novel Writing Techniques"
"007/Escape from Berlin" translated by Kazuo Inoue, Hayakawa Pocket Mystery
"All Yomimono" May 1982 issue
"Favorite Suit" Bungeishunju, published August 1983
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J7BQHU
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4167138069
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150009562
"Could it be that the reason delicious-looking food appears in Shotaro Ikenami's novels is due to the influence of [Ian] Fleming [Ian Fleming 1908.5.28-1964.8.12]?
Since he must have surely read Fleming's 007 series,
it is entirely possible that he was influenced by it unconsciously.
Translations of the 007 series began appearing in the early Showa 30s (1955-1964),
and since the serialization of "Onihei Hankacho",
which features the most food among Ikenami's works, began in Showa 43 (1968),
he certainly had plenty of time to absorb it.
A writing style that mentions food so frequently
did not exist in historical novels before Ikenami."
"Perhaps it is that after World War II, when food finally became abundant,
two representative writers from two countries that had fully experienced
the food shortages during and after the war (it seems it was quite bad in England too)
discovered the secret that writing about food in novels
is an important thing."
"I would like to think that because Ikenami experienced that period of starvation,
he was able to become conscious of the meaning of food in life,
and because of that, he made a major discovery in novel writing techniques,
and that Fleming did as well.
If I am wrong, I apologize."p.195 "Novel Writing Techniques"
Various Problems in Holmesian Studies
"Shosetsu Gendai" May 1986 issue
"Even Dogs Take Walks" Kodansha, published September 1986
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4062028379
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4061845241
Great Detective Party
Peter Lovesey, "The False Inspector Dew" translated by Yayoi Yamamoto, Hayakawa Mystery Bunko
"All Yomimono" April 1989 issue
"Even Cats Dream" Bungeishunju, published October 1989
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4163437304
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4167138107
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150747059
Various Problems in Detective Fiction
"Yukan Fuji" November 28, 1992
"Light Basket" Shinchosha, published August 1993
"About fifteen years ago, for some reason, Hayakawa Publishing sent me about twenty old Gardner books. When I picked them up, I didn't remember any of them. I thought it was strange, as I should have read all of Perry Mason, but I took them to bed to read. I had no memory of them. I moved forward, I had no memory, but they were truly interesting. And as I neared the end, I clearly remembered, 'I've read this before!' I repeated that twenty times.
...
[Regarding Jeffrey Archer's 'A Twist in the Tale',] I read it once and was greatly impressed. So I caught my son and told him my impressions, and after praising it highly, I pointed out one or two flaws. My son, who had been listening silently, muttered, 'You're saying the same thing you said ten years ago.'"
p.229 "Various Problems in Detective Fiction" "Yukan Fuji" 1992.11.28
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Ian Fleming and Women
"All Yomimono" January 1994 issue
"Blue Umbrella" Bungeishunju, published March 1995
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4163499709
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4167138131
King Hamlet and Emperor Komei
Dick Francis, "Crossing"
"All Yomimono" January 1994 issue
"Blue Umbrella" Bungeishunju, published March 1995 https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4163499709
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4152076720
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150707278
Sleeping while listening to wild geese
Lori Lyn Drummond, 'Evidence Against You'
'Mystery Magazine', July 2006 issue
'Whose Letter Are the Butterflies From', Magazine House, published March 2008
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4838717687
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150017832
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/415177601X
V. 29 Selected Mystery Book Reviews
Defying Detective Novels
Robert L. Fish, 'The Wager' (Japanese title: 'Natsukashii Satsujin'), translated by Hikaru Kikuchi
Nihon Reader's Digest, 1972
Hayakawa Mystery Bunko, 1977.10
'Weekly Asahi', August 11, 1972 issue
'Playtime', Daiwa Shobo, published December 1976
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J97ZJG
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4122008689
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J8U2D8
Why Was She Killed?
Muriel Spark, 'The Driver's Seat'
Translated by Mariko Fukamachi, Hayakawa Publishing
'Weekly Asahi', November 3, 1972 issue
Not included in a book
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J95E1M
Various Methods of Post-War Popular Fiction in British Literature
Frederick Forsyth, 'The Day of the Jackal'
Translated by Shin Shinohara, Kadokawa Bunko
'Weekly Asahi', September 21, 1973 issue
'Reading as Pleasure: Japan Edition (Chikuma Bunko)', Chikuma Shobo, published April 2012
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4480429344
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4042537014
Is the Third Work a Failure?
Frederick Forsyth, 'The Dogs of War', translated by Shin Shinohara, Kadokawa Bunko
'Weekly Asahi', February 21, 1975 issue
Not included in a book
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4042537030
Another President
Frederick Forsyth, 'The Negotiator (Volumes 1 & 2)', translated by Shin Shinohara, Kadokawa Shoten, 'Weekly Asahi', June 23, 1989 issue
'Jupiter and Sherbet', Magazine House, published April 1995
'This character depicted by Forsyth is somehow ideological and lacks vitality. Perhaps because he is good at depicting active behavior, whereas President Cormack must simply endure and persevere. Despite complaining like this, I continued reading until near dawn for two nights. Tolstoy or Proust would not be like this.' p.280
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4838706103
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4042537111
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4047911801
A Book Men Cannot Write
P.D. James, 'An Unsuitable Job for a Woman', translated by Kimiko Koizumi, Hayakawa Publishing
'Weekly Asahi', February 28, 1975 issue
'Playtime 3', Daiwa Shobo, published November 1984
Retitled and released in paperback as 'Eels and Yams (Chuko Bunko)', Chuokoron-Shinsha, published May 1995
'Reading as Pleasure: Overseas Edition (Chikuma Bunko)', Chikuma Shobo, published May 2012
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4479680241
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4122023165
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4480429387
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150012350
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Black and Gray
P.D. James, 'Innocent Blood', translated by Hisae Aoki, Hayakawa Publishing
'Weekly Asahi', June 4, 1982 issue
'Playtime 3', Daiwa Shobo, published November 1984
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150766037
The World's Greatest Detective
Nicholas Meyer, 'The Seven-Per-Cent Solution', translated by Yuji Tanaka, Rippu Shobo, 1975
Paperback edition: 'The Seven-Per-Cent Solution: From the Unpublished Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.', Fusosha Mystery, 1988
'Weekly Asahi', August 1, 1975 issue
'Playtime', Daiwa Shobo, published December 1976
https://www.kosho.or.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=377104376
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4594002781
Defending the British Empire
Takao Toyama, 'Sherlock Holmes's Fin de Siècle', Seidosha
'Mainichi Shimbun', November 29, 1993
'Jupiter and Sherbet', Magazine House, published April 1995
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/479176837X
The Queen of Detective Fiction
Agatha Christie, 'Curtain', translated by Yoshizo Nakamura, Hayakawa Mystery Bunko, 'Weekly Asahi', November 28, 1975 issue
Not included in book
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J952T6
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4151300333
Prehistory of the Great Detective
Raymond Chandler, 'Marlowe's Last Case', translated by Akio Inaba, Shobunsha
'Weekly Asahi', January 23, 1976 issue
"Akio Inaba's translation is quite excellent.
Koga Hirano's book design is also outstanding." p.297
Not included in book
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/479495848X
If this isn't literature, what is?
Raymond Chandler
'Playback', translated by Nobumitsu Odaka, Sankei Bunko
'The Lady in the Lake', translated by Shunji Shimizu, Hayakawa Mystery Bunko
'Weekly Asahi', July 25, 1986 issue
Not included in book
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4383025072
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150704546
From Hardboiled to Society Novels
Raymond Chandler, 'The Long Goodbye', translated by Haruki Murakami, Hayakawa Publishing
'Mainichi Shimbun', April 1, 2007
'Starry Rendezvous', Shueisha, published December 2010
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4087713679
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/408745116X
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4152088001
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150704619
Parody of Spy Novels
Anthony Burgess, 'Tremor of Intent', translated by Shigeo Tobita, Hayakawa Publishing
'Weekly Asahi', April 15, 1978 issue
'Reading as Pleasure: Overseas Edition (Chikuma Bunko)', Chikuma Shobo, published May 2012
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4152002069
Love and Pity
Graham Greene, 'The Human Factor', translated by Toshiyasu Uno, Hayakawa Publishing
'Weekly Asahi', August 24, 1979 issue
'Playtime 3', Yamato Shobo, published November 1984
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150403422
A Writer of Black Humor
Graham Greene, 'Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party', translated by Toshiyasu Uno, Hayakawa Bunko NV
'Weekly Asahi', June 12, 1981 issue
Not included in book
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J7YQYK
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150403481
A New American-Style Detective Novel
Donald A. Stanwood, 'The Memory of Eva Ryker', translated by Hiroshi Takami, Bunshun Bunko
'Weekly Asahi', October 12, 1979 issue
Not included in book
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4167275031
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4488276040
A Trial of Skill Between Two Detectives
Lionel Davidson, 'The Chelsea Murders', translated by Hiroshi Ebine, Shueisha Bunko
'Weekly Asahi', November 30, 1979 issue
Not included in book collection
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J7I240
The Search for Self
Patrick Modiano, 'Missing Person', translated by Atsuyori Hiraoka, Kodansha
'Weekly Asahi', January 11, 1980 issue
'Playtime 3', Yamato Shobo, published November 1984
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4560027250
A New John Buchan
Ken Follett, 'Eye of the Needle'
Translated by Tatsuya Sagimura, Hayakawa Bunko NV
Translated by Hiroyuki Toda, Sogen Suiri Bunko
'Triple', translated by Naoji Ichinose, Shueisha Bunko
'Weekly Asahi', February 13, 1981 issue
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4152074345
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J7EK96
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/448812903X
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4087600734
A Study of British Customs
Peter Dickinson, 'King and Joker', translated by Kazue Saito, Fusosha Mystery
'Weekly Asahi', August 28, 1981 issue
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4594052592
Memories of Curaçao
Janwillem van de Wetering, 'The Corpse on the Dike', translated by Oki Ike, Tokyo Sogensha
'Book Guide Book 1982', Kawade Shobo Shinsha, March 1982
'Playtime 3', Yamato Shobo, published November 1984
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J7YJRY
Beauty, the Beast, and the Redhead
Martin Cruz Smith, 'Gorky Park', translated by Keiji Nakano, Hayakawa Shobo
'Weekly Asahi', September 17, 1982 issue
'Playtime 3', Yamato Shobo, published November 1984
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4152075252
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150411824
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150406022
Defying Agatha Christie
Ruth Rendell, 'A Judgement in Stone', translated by Fusa Obi, Kadokawa Bunko
'Weekly Asahi', January 18, 1984 issue
'If You Say Mountain, It's River', Magazine House, published December 1991
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4838702272
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4042541054
The Detective and the Earth Mother
Mario Vargas Llosa, 'Who Killed Palomino Molero?', translated by Tadashi Tsuzumi, Gendai Kikakushitsu
'Weekly Asahi', October 23, 1992 issue
'Jupiter and Sherbet', Magazine House, published April 1995
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4773892110
Remnants of Romanticism
Jack Higgins, 'Edge of Danger', translated by Toshiyuki Kurohara, Hayakawa Shobo
'In Ink of Various Colors', Magazine House, published October 2005
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4838713916
Just like a skillful cat's cradle
David Goodis, "The Wounded and the Slain"
Translated by Yoshihiro Masaki, Hayakawa Pocket Mystery
"Mainichi Shimbun", August 3, 2003
"Who is the Letter From, Butterfly?" Magazine House, March 2008
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4150017352
What was promised as a reward for solving the mystery
Stieg Larsson, "Millennium 1: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (Volumes 1 & 2)
Translated by Miho Herenharume and Masatoshi Iwasawa, Hayakawa Publishing
"Mainichi Shimbun", February 1, 2009
"Starry Rendezvous" Shueisha, December 2010
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4151792511
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/415179252X
The hero and his lover
Arimasa Osawa, "Bond Corridor: Shinjuku Shark X" Kobunsha
"Mainichi Shimbun", July 17, 2011
Not included in the book
https://www.amazon.co.jp//dp/4334927580
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4334768245
VI Literature, and Mystery
What is Entertainment? Graham Greene
"Kindai Bungaku", March 1953 issue
"Pear Pebbles: A Collection of Literary Criticism" Shobunsha, October 1966
Around Father Brown
"World Mystery Masterpiece Selection: Father Brown Stories" Chuokoron-Shinsha, October 1962
"Pear Pebbles: A Collection of Literary Criticism" Shobunsha, October 1966
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000JAK70E
Secondary Literature
"Mystery Magazine", August 1976 issue
"Low-Altitude Flight" Shinchosha, 1977.5
"Literature is established by tradition. Without the 'Kokinshu' and the 'Song of Everlasting Regret', there could be no 'Tale of Genji', and without that 'Tale of Genji', there would be no 'Shin Kokinshu', and furthermore, without that 'Shin Kokinshu', there would be no Basho." p.384
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J8UB3O
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J88B3Q
Crown of Thorns: 'Jesus Legend Stories' and Detective Novels
"Shincho", February and March 1979 issues, 'The Twisted Apple'
"Bird Song" Fukutake Shoten, August 1987
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4828822356
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4828831525
There have been many eras
Umberto Eco, "The Name of the Rose" Tokyo Sogensha
"Switch", September 1990 issue
"Jupiter and Sherbet" Magazine House, April 1995
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4488013511
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/448801352X
Father and Child: Seicho Matsumoto
"Complete Works of Seicho Matsumoto", Vol. 9, Bungeishunju, December 1971, Commentary
"Star Glasses" Shueisha, October 1975
https://www.kosho.or.jp/products/detail.php?product_id=421828136
https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000J97TTM
After reading a courtroom novel: Shohei Ooka's "The Incident"
"Shincho" August 1978 issue, "Distorted Apple"
"Song of the Birds" Fukutake Shoten, published August 1987
Masashi Miura, "Commentary: How to do Literature and Love," pp. 452-460
"Whether you call him a novelist, a critic, or an essayist, the best way to understand Saiichi Maruya is to start with his theory of mystery—that was my first impression after reading through this collection, 'Mystery as Pleasure.' It is truly interesting. It is interesting and profound. It really makes you think, 'This is the true thrill of literature.'" p. 452
Raymond Chandler (1888.7.23-1959.3.26)
was known among fans to be a cat lover, and
Elliott Gould (1938.8.29- )
played Philip Marlowe in
the film "The Long Goodbye" 1973
Director Robert Altman (1925.2.20-2006.11.20)
https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/25868
featured a cat that did not appear in the original novel, delighting audiences who were Chandler readers. It was an adaptation (screenplay by Leigh Brackett) where the private detective keeps a cat.
Leigh Brackett (1915.12.7-1978.3.18)
http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_p.php?num_p=7402
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Brackett
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leigh_Brackett
is the screenwriter for "Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back" 1980, but
Chandler's first novel
"The Big Sleep" 1939 film adaptation
"The Big Sleep" (1946)
Director Howard Hawks
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
was her first work as a screenwriter.
https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/22849
Dokusho Meter: Saiichi Maruya's Bookshelf (175 registered books, in order of publication date)
https://bookmeter.com/users/32140/bookcases/11091201
Mystery Bookshelf (355 registered books, in alphabetical order by author)
https://bookmeter.com/users/32140/bookcases/11091193
Film Bookshelf (177 registered books, in alphabetical order by author)
https://bookmeter.com/users/32140/bookcases/11091199
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Takehiko Fukunaga, Shinichiro Nakamura, Saiichi Maruya
"Definitive Edition: Midnight Walk - The Pleasure of Mystery" Kodansha, 1978.6
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n26e000989c48
Takehiko Fukunaga, Shinichiro Nakamura, Saiichi Maruya
"Midnight Walk - The Pleasure of Mystery (Sogen Suiri Bunko)" Tokyo Sogensha, 2019.10
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n60bf9583961a
Robert B. Parker (1932.9.17-2010.1.18)
Robert B. Parker
"God Save the Child" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1984.10
"Mortal Stakes" translated by Eisho Iijima, Rippu Shobo, 1980.10
"Mortal Stakes" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1989.2
"The Godwulf Manuscript" translated by Eisho Iijima, Rippu Shobo, 1977.3
"The Godwulf Manuscript" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1985.10
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n6ed20bab5a3b
Robert B. Parker (1932.9.17-2010.1.18)
Robert B. Parker
"Promised Land" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1978.8
"Judas Goat" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1979.9
"Looking for Rachel Wallace" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1981.12
"Early Autumn" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1982.9
https://note.com/fe1955/n/na6b78450f7c1
Dick Francis (1920.10.31-2010.2.14)
Dick Francis
"Nerve (Hayakawa Mystery Bunko)" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1976.7
"Odds Against (Hayakawa Mystery Bunko)" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1976.4
"Flying Finish (Hayakawa Mystery Bunko)" translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1976.9
Issei Yamamoto
"D. Francis's Ultimate Mystery"
"Horse Racing Studies in the Study" Heibonsha Shinsho, 2008.12
https://note.com/fe1955/n/n704a9c240bcb
Dick Francis (1920.10.31-2010.2.14)
Dick Francis
"Crossing (Hayakawa Novels)"
Translated by Hikaru Kikuchi, Hayakawa Publishing, 1989.11
Conan Doyle (1859.5.22-1930.7.7)
Conan Doyle
"The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, New Translation (Sogen Suiri Bunko)"
Translated by Mariko Fukamachi, Tokyo Sogensha, 2010.7
Professor Shigeru Koike (1931.7.15- )
Jiro Ono (1929.8.18-1982.4.26)